Wuffingas
Sign in to save300px|thumb|right|The Kingdom of East Anglia|kingdom of the East Angles during the period it was ruled by the Wuffingas, bordered by the [[North Sea, the River Stour, the Devil's Dyke and the Fens]] The Wuffingas, Uffingas or Wiffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Wuffingas took their name from Wuffa, an early East Anglian king. Nothing is known of the members of the dynasty before Rædwald, who ruled from about 599 to 624. The Viking invasions of the 9th century and Dissolution of
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8 sectionsContents
- Earliest kings of the East Angles
- Dynasty
- Centres of royal power
- Cultural associations
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
300px|thumb|right|The Kingdom of East Anglia|kingdom of the East Angles during the period it was ruled by the Wuffingas, bordered by the [[North Sea, the River Stour, the Devil's Dyke and the Fens]] The Wuffingas, Uffingas or Wiffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Wuffingas took their name from Wuffa, an early East Anglian king. Nothing is known of the members of the dynasty before Rædwald, who ruled from about 599 to 624. The Viking invasions of the 9th century and Dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century both led to the destruction of documents relating to the rule of the Wuffingas.
The last of the Wuffingas kings was Ælfwald, who died in 749; he was succeeded by kings whose lineage is unknown.